Definition of Odal

1. n. Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, esp. Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen; also, the ownership of such land. The odal was subject only to certain rights of the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer or sale and giving certain rights of redemption in case of change of ownership by inheritance, etc., and perhaps to other rights of the kindred or the tribe. Survivals of the early odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by the variant form udal.

2. a. Noting, or pert. to, odal land or ownership.

Definition of Odal

1. udal [n -S] - See also: udal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Odal

oculovertebral syndrome
oculovestibulo-auditory syndrome
oculozygomatic
oculus
oculus dexter
oculus sinister
ocy-
ocypodian
ocypodians
ocytocin
od
oda
odachi
odah
odahs
odal (current term)
odalique
odaliques
odalisk
odalisks
odalisques
odaller
odallers
odals
odango
odas
odaxesmus
odaxetic
odd

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